Oct
28
October, 28th 2022
This week, schools all over the country are participating in the National Red Ribbon Week Campaign. The purpose of Red Ribbon Week is to bring alcohol and drug prevention education to students. At the…
Oct
28
October, 28th 2022
Dear Hebrew Academy Community: At the end of the description of that which Hashem created on four of the days of Creation about which we read last Shabbat we are told “וירא אלוקים כי טוב –God saw…
Oct
21
October, 21st 2022
This week and even more so during the month of Cheshvan which begins in the coming days we transition from the busy and exciting days of Yamim Nora’im, Sukkot and Simchat Torah to the daily rhythm of…
Oct
7
October, 7th 2022
Dear Hebrew Academy Community: We are about to begin celebrating seven days of Sukkot followed by Shemini Atzaret and Simchat Torah. Rav Soloveitchik offers a profound insight about an…
Sep
30
September, 30th 2022
Dear Hebrew Academy Community: Rabbi Yitzchak said, “Any year which begins impoverished ends in affluence (Rosh Hashana 16b).” Rash explains: Any year during which the Jewish People begin the year…
Sep
22
September, 22nd 2022
Pre-K explored pomegranates by touching, tasting, smelling, and looking with a magnifying glass. They learned that the seeds are called arils and remind us of the 613 mitzvot in the Torah. Students…
Sep
22
September, 22nd 2022
One of the charges often leveled against normative Halakhic Judaism, particularly by young people who are seeking to define their own religious identities, is that Judaism substitutes legalistic…
Sep
16
September, 16th 2022
Although there are many differences between the Selichot said by Sephardim--during the entire month of Ellul--and by Ashkenazim--beginning tomorrow night--the fundamental structure is identical.…
Sep
9
September, 9th 2022
In recognition of the 21st anniversary of 9/11, Jewish National Fund-USA partnered with Hebrew Academy RASG, Miami Beach Fire Department (MBFD), and the Consulate General of Israel in Miami to honor…
Sep
9
September, 9th 2022
Parashat Ki Tezeh contains seventy-four Mitzvot, more than in any other Parasha in the Torah. One of those Mitzvot is the commandment to erect a fence—a Ma’akeh—around the roof of a newly built home,…